How to enclose a car port?

[JAJ]

Hi team,

I’ve a carport with a roller door. I face currently the below issues with the carport which is enclosed on two sides (brick wall and roller door).

a) Rain water seems to fall into the carport from two of the open sides resulting in the peeling away of the paint from the carport floor.

b) Birds quite frequently come into the carport.

I’m looking to put some kind of a barrier to prevent the rain water falling in and to prevent entry of birds.

Can you suggest a few options to consider to put in a permanent barrier?

One option that I thought about is installing a bistro blinds as a barrier? Will this option work? OR Do I need a kind of hard structure?

Regardless of the type of barrier, a challenge i see in preventing bird entry is that an entry/exit gate is built in the vertical slat fencing (see snapshot). Whilst a barrier can be placed across most part of the open side of the carport, I think a barrier will not work right above the entry/exit gate preventing easy movement. Any thoughts or recommendation what can be done in this entry/exit area?

The measurement of the open side/gap is about 600cm by 50 cm on both

[JacobZ]

Hi @JAJ,

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community, it is wonderful to have you with us.

Having a look at the area, I think your idea of using bistro blinds is likely the best option. You have framing above that they could be attached to, and they would drop down behind the fence, creating a retractable barrier that will prevent both birds and the rain.

The issue with putting in something more rigid is that you would need to frame up the opening, which would need to run down and be supported by the ground; it couldn't just hang from the beam above like the bistro blinds would. It would be possible, but it would also be a whole lot more work.

The gate is pretty easy to manage with bistro blinds, as you can just undo the zips attaching them to those beside it and roll it up when you need to get in and out.

Allow me to tag @Dave-1, @LizzieCro and @R4addZ to see if they have any ideas.

Let me know what you think.

Jacob

[Dave-1]

Good Afternoon @JAJ 

Instead of the bistro blinds, how about shadecloth? You could use it to go from the garage frame to the fence rails so as to block the birds. With a shadecloth the garage wont be as likely to become a hot box and the material will last longer.

The gate poses a bit of a problem, I am thinking of extending the gate posts up to the height of the garage. With a rail between both sides of the posts. Extending the height of the gate with a frame so as to attach shadecloth as well. That way you have shadecloth from the garage beams to the top of the gate, attachment points from the extended posts of the garage and also a smaller section that opens with the gate. 

Dave

[Nailbag]

Hi @JAJ 

I few houses back I have the same issue with weather getting in to the carport. On that side I fixed custom length colourbond sheets slightly lower than the gap from the top of the fence between the carport posts. On the other Sie I built a frame and used 90mm Merbau decking.

I don't have a photo, but I used 2 exterior roller blinds for the rear because ideally you want something that runs along a track at each end so it doesn't flap about in the breeze. Bistro blinds are a good solution for this, but I preferred the blinds that allowed light and a breeze though so the cars wouldn't get so hot in summer. I bought battery operated ones so I could more easily put them up/down or partially. And is a better solution than using cords to the ground which would have been a pain to always connect to and a trip hazard.

Nailbag